Episode 577: February 20, 201620160221000544
Episode 577: February 20, 2016
February 21, 20165 hole, age statements, anCnoc, Andy Simpson, apple, auction, Balcones, Bear, Beckmann, bidding, Bill Lumsden, Billy Leighton, Blas, Bourbon, Bristow, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, charring, Chip Tate, Ciaran Mulgrew, Colum Egan, Compass Box, Cooley, craft distilling, Dallas, dog, dogs, Drake, Ed Belfour, EU, European Union, Flaming Heart, flavoring, Frizzle, GlenDronach, Glenmorangie, goalie, gold medal, Helen Mulholland, hockey, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jared Himstedt, John Newfry, Kinahan's, Klaus Doblmann, labeling, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, legal, memorabilia, Midleton, Milsean, NBA, NHL, non-compete, Olympic, Patrick Grant, Portuguese wine, rapper, rare whisky 101, Redbreast, rubbery, Ryan Engen, Scotch Whisky Association, Scots Gaelic, settlement, Sherry Cask Reserve, SS Bushmills, Steamship Collection, Steve Jobs, stills, SWA, Tate & Company, Texas, The Laddie Classic, The Quiet Man, The Whisky Exchange, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tomatin, transparency, travel retail, Virginia Black Whiskey, Waco, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Loch0 comments
Chip Tate is about to get back into the whisky business, about 15 months after his acrimonious departure from Balcones Distilling, the Texas distiller...
Episode 504: November 1, 201420141102005934
Episode 504: November 1, 2014
November 2, 2014additive, age matters, age statement, anCnoc, antifreeze, author, Award, Balblair, Beam Suntory, biomass, boiler, book, bootleg, Bruichladdich, bullshit, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, cask filling, Chivas Brothers, Compass Box, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, Diageo, Dingle, DiSaranno, Don Julio, Douglas Laing & Co., Emperador, environment, ethylene glycol, Evgeny Vershinin, exciseman, Extra Old Particular, film, film festival, Finland, Fireball, fish, Fishky, flavoring, Food & Drug Administration, Fortuna Merita, Founder's Reserve, gauger, greasy, green, Haig Club, herring, history, illegal, interview, Inver House, Inverness, Ireland, Jim Murray, John Glaser, John MacDonald, John Moriarty, joke, Jose Cuervo, Kentucky Dram, Kerry, Knockdhu, Liqueur, Malcolm Waring, Michael Deresynski, Mike Dziennik, moonshine, movie, nasty, negotiations, Norway, oil, Old Pulteney, Oliver Hughes, Peat Reak, Petr Hosek, printer ink, propylene glycol, recall, regulators, Reserve Bank of India, Sazerac, Sazerac Rye 18, single grain, smart ass, swap, Sweden, The Balvenie, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, toxic, trade, travel retail, trees, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, Twitter, Twitter tasting, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Wall Street Journal, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Bible, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, William Larue Weller, worst, XOP, Yamazaki, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
The battle between Scotland’s illicit distillers and the excisemen known as “gaugers” is the stuff of which legends, books, and now,...
Episode 497: September 21, 201420140921175209
Episode 497: September 21, 2014
September 21, 2014additive, age statement, Alex Salmond, Amontillado, Ardmore, Ardmore Legacy, Balcones, Bardstown, baseball bat, Beam Suntory, Bill Samuels Jr., Binny's, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, Cairdeas, Chicago, Chip Tate, Christopher McNair, class action, Cork, court, Dave Montalvo, David Cameron, David Clouston, David Williamson, devolution, Diageo, Drew Kulsveen, Eagle Rare, Edelson, Edinburgh, Elijah Craig, Eric Burke, Explorer's Club, exports, First Minister, flavoring, Formula 1, Formula One, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Gordon Motion, Greg Allen, Greg Davis, Hall of Fame, Harlen Wheatley, hearing, Heaven Hill, Holyrood, Icons of Whisky Awards, independence, Iowa, Ireland, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Black, John Ramsay, Johnnie Walker, Julie Gorham, Julio's, KDA, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Knob Creek, Laphroaig, Larry Schwartz, lawsuit, lawyers, Limestone Branch, Lisa Wicker, London, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, mayor, McLaren, MGP, Michter's, microdistillery, Midleton, Mirror, motorsports, Oklahoma City, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul Beam, Pernod Ricard USA, plaintiff, Precinct No. 6, Prime Minister, racing, referendum, restraining order, Rick Edwards, Robin Burke, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Bush, Scottish National Party, Sherry Conner, Shively, St. George Spirits, Steve Beam, Stitzel-Weller, sugar whiskey, SWA, talks, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, Templeton Rye, Texas, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Show, Tom Bulleit, tourism, trade, trademark, Traditional Cask, Travel, Treasury Department, TTB, Tullamore, Tullamore Dew, US1, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, visitors, vote, Waco, Westminster, Whisky Magazine, Willett, William Grant & Sons, Willie Pratt0 comments
It’s Kentucky Bourbon Festival week, and there’s a lot of news coming out of Bourbon Country these days. Thousands of Bourbon lovers desce...
Episode 496: September 12, 201420140913004056
Episode 496: September 12, 2014
September 13, 2014Al Capone, Alex Salmond, Allt-a-Bhainne, ALS, Andrew Nelstrop, Ascendant Spirits, Bardstown, Bernheim, Big Peat, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Britain, British, Caol Ila, Cara Laing, ceremony, charity, Chuck Cowdery, Clynelish, Compass Box, critics, currency, Dan Todd, death, Dennis Acevedo, distillery cat, Dixie Hicks, donation, Douglas Laing & Co., dry, DSP, Eleuthera, English Whisky Company, European Union, exports, farm, finance, First Fill Selection, First Minister, flavoring, Four Roses, Fred Minnick, Freedom of Information Act, fundraiser, Glenturret, Haddonfield, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, hypothetical, Ian Macleod Distillers, independence, Indiana, induction, Iowa, James Nelstrop, Jersey Java, KDA, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, kitten, labeling, Larry Kass, Lawrenceburg, LDI, Limited Edition Small Batch, liquor laws, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, Margie Samuels, Marjorie Mattingly Samuels, Marjorie Samuels, Mary Jane Dickinson, memorial, MGP, MGP-I, Mike Younger, Nadurra, Neil Cameron, obituary, Oloroso Cask Strength, Original Batch, Pamela Wood Gover, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, peat, Pioneer, Promise of Hope, Promise of Hope Fund, referendum, regulation, Rita Lee Greenwell, Robert Burns, Scallywag, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Bush, Steve Gertman, Tax & Trade Bureau, Templeton Rye, The Balvenie, The Glenlivet, The Lost Blend, Timorous Beastie, To a Mouse, Towser, Treasury Department, TTB, UK, veterinarian, vote, winery, women0 comments
Templeton Rye has been in the spotlight in recent weeks as critics go after so-called “sourced whisky” producers for what they claim are v...
Ballantine’s Enters Flavored Whisky Market With Brazilian Flair20131203115332
Ballantine’s Enters Flavored Whisky Market With Brazilian Flair
December 3, 2013Ballantine's, Brasil, Chivas Brothers, Dewar's, flavoring, Highlander Honey, Peter Brown, Scotch Whisky Association, Spirit Drink, SWA0 comments
December 3, 2013 – While most entries in the flavored whisky category so far have focused on honey, spices, or maple accents, Ballantine’s...
Knob Creek Enters Flavored Whiskey Market20130624125257
Knob Creek Enters Flavored Whiskey Market
June 24, 2013 – Fresh off the success of its Jim Beam Red Stag flavored whiskies, Beam will release a maple-flavored version of Knob Creek later...
Episode 418: March 30, 201320130330005607
Episode 418: March 30, 2013
March 30, 2013Alasdair Day, Amrut, Arran, Balblair, Bangalore, Bardstown, Bavaria, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bruichladdich, Caskstrength.net, closeup, Craig Beam, Cutty Sark, Dave Pickerell, Dewar's, Diageo, Edrington, Ernie Button, flavoring, Four Roses, Frankfurt, George Washington's Distillery, Germany, GlenDronach, Heaven Hill, Hemanth Rao, Hibiki, Highland Park, Highlander Honey, horse racing, India, Jason Craig, Jim Rutledge, Joel Harrison, Kentucky Derby, Kilchoman, Kirsteen Campbell, LCBO, Loch Fyne Whiskies, Loch Gorm, Macallan, Mark Reynier, Master of Malt, Mellow Corn, Mount Vernon, Neil Ridley, Parker Beam, Penny Chenery, photography, Remy Cointreau, Ruari Reynier, Scotch Whisky Association, Seattle, Secretariat, Seth Grandeau, Shapira, Slyrs, SWA, The Times of India, The Tweeddale Blend, The Whisky Exchange, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Wee Ruari0 comments
Cutty Sark is marking two anniversaries within a week or so: the brand’s 90’s anniversary on March 23 and the third anniversary of its acq...